Written by Steve Foxe, with visuals by Carola Borelli, colors by Arif Prianto, and letters by VC’s Joe Sabino, Spider-Woman #1 continues the last stray thread that Karla Pacheco’s latest Spider-Woman run left behind. Although a new arc has just begun, Jessica Drew’s problems haven’t improved. She has a lot on her plate, between dealing with an ever-growing gang war and her own near-existence-erasing experience with the Web of Life.Sure, Jessica may be back in her own universe at last, her friends’ memories of her restored, and her life returned to normal. Sure, she’s come out of the ordeal seemingly unscathed and ready to ensnare bad guys in her web–but something is missing, and she knows it. But she doesn’t have time to angst about that now, not with the gang war in New York reaching fever pitch–especially with Diamondback creating ties with the terrorist organization Hydra. It looks like soul-searching and continuity-mending will have to wait.Writer Steve Foxe does a good job of capturing Karla Pacheco’s tonal approach for his continuation of Jessica Drew’s story. Under his direction, Spider-Woman #1 is a tight and respectable narrative. It has the most forward, web-slinging momentum whenever Jessica does what she does best–being Spider-Woman and fighting bad guys. Of all the Spiders, Jessica’s Spider-Woman is one of the most chipper, gung-ho, and exuberant of them all–and considering the jovial repartee of most of the Spideys, this is saying something. Her character has an infectious joy that makes her great fun to read, yet her humanity and vulnerability are just present enough to elicit deep empathy. Like others suffering from the effects of the Web of Life and the Spider-verse, Jessica’s plight is tragic and visceral. While she just avoided vanishing forever, it’s clear this previous experience weighs on her and the overall narrative. For all its energy, Spider-Woman #1 is a tragic story at its core, as much a resolution of a previous plot thread as the start of a new one. It’s a difficult balance, and it shows in this issue’s pacing, especially in a few key scenes.
Written by Steve Foxe, with visuals by Carola Borelli, colors by Arif Prianto, and letters by VC’s Joe Sabino, Spider-Woman #1 continues the last stray thread that Karla Pacheco’s latest Spider-Woman run left behind. Although a new arc has just begun, Jessica Drew’s problems haven’t improved. She has a lot on her plate, between dealing with an ever-growing gang war and her own near-existence-erasing experience with the Web of Life.
Sure, Jessica may be back in her own universe at last, her friends’ memories of her restored, and her life returned to normal. Sure, she’s come out of the ordeal seemingly unscathed and ready to ensnare bad guys in her web–but something is missing, and she knows it. But she doesn’t have time to angst about that now, not with the gang war in New York reaching fever pitch–especially with Diamondback creating ties with the terrorist organization Hydra. It looks like soul-searching and continuity-mending will have to wait.
Writer Steve Foxe does a good job of capturing Karla Pacheco’s tonal approach for his continuation of Jessica Drew’s story. Under his direction, Spider-Woman #1 is a tight and respectable narrative. It has the most forward, web-slinging momentum whenever Jessica does what she does best–being Spider-Woman and fighting bad guys. Of all the Spiders, Jessica’s Spider-Woman is one of the most chipper, gung-ho, and exuberant of them all–and considering the jovial repartee of most of the Spideys, this is saying something. Her character has an infectious joy that makes her great fun to read, yet her humanity and vulnerability are just present enough to elicit deep empathy. Like others suffering from the effects of the Web of Life and the Spider-verse, Jessica’s plight is tragic and visceral. While she just avoided vanishing forever, it’s clear this previous experience weighs on her and the overall narrative. For all its energy, Spider-Woman #1 is a tragic story at its core, as much a resolution of a previous plot thread as the start of a new one. It’s a difficult balance, and it shows in this issue’s pacing, especially in a few key scenes.
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